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Establishment and evaluation of structured, long-term follow-up for children and adolescents with congenital heart disease

Establishment and evaluation of structured, long-term follow-up for children and adolescents with congenital heart disease

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00035025
Enrollment
70
Registered
2025-04-30
Start date
2025-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Q24.9

Interventions

Group 1: Subprojekt A: Long-term follow-up of children, adolescents and young adults after mechanical circulatory support - recognizing late effects In this health services research, the primary targ

Sponsors

Abteilung für Angeborene Herzfehler und Pädiatrische Kardiologie am Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
2 Years to 25 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subproject A: Patients: Living patients Treatment period: 2000-2024 Treatment location: Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen (University Medical Center Freiburg) Cause of treatment: Heart failure Type of treatment: Mechanical circulatory support (Extracorporeal Life Support System = ECLS) Declaration of consent by the patient and/or parents/legal representatives. Subproject B: Living patients Treatment period: 2014-2017 Special feature: Have already been included and examined in the study/preliminary investigation “Influence of rewarming rate during cardiac surgery in deep hypothermia of infants with AHF” (application no. EK-Freiburg 452/14). Declaration of consent by the patient and/or the parents/legal representatives.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subproject A: Patients: Deceased patients Diseases: Pre-existing neurological abnormalities, seizure disorders, patients with chromosomal aberrations. Lack of informed consent Subproject B: Deceased patients Missing declaration of consent Patients with chromosomal aberrations

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assessment of needs for extended aftercare of this patient clientel with special attention to: neurocognitive Outcome, health-related Quaility of Life, health-related special support requirements and burden of the familiy

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Subprojekt A: -Can differences between “self-reported” and “parent-reported” be detected during data collection in the corresponding age group of the questionnaire survey? -Is there a correlation between the duration of mechanical circulatory replacement or serious complications (bleeding event or thrombosis) during treatment and health-related quality of life, future health care needs or family stress experience? -Does a reduced health-related quality of life and/or an increased health-related need for support cause an increased family experience of stress? -Is there an era difference for patients treated between 2000-2012 or between 2012-2024? -Is it possible to determine a temporal progression with the occurrence of support needs or the family experience of stress? Subprojekt B: - In the cohort under review, individual patients had abnormalities in neurological monitoring during surgery and in the postoperative course and further follow-up interventions in the form of surgery or cardiac catheterization. What is the neurocognitive outcome of these patients compared to the patient group without detectable abnormalities in extended neurological monitoring and <3 or =3 follow-up treatments? -Can differences between “self-reported” and “parent-reported” be detected during data collection in the corresponding age group of the questionnaire survey? Is there a correlation between health-related quality of life, a need for health support and an increased family stress experience?

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRouven Kubicki

Abteilung für Angeborene Herzfehler und Pädiatrische Kardiologie am Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg

rouven.kubicki@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 761 270 46380

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026